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King during the 1963 March on Washington.  Via Unsplash.

FOCUS: Kick addiction of racism with King’s prescription

By John L.S. Simpkins, republished with permission  |  In what would be his final speech as the leader of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Martin Luther King Jr., spoke of sin, addiction and redemption. After rattling off a litany of the preceding year’s programmatic achievements, including effective economic boycotts led by a young Jesse Jackson and what would come to be known as Rainbow PUSH, King shifted gears.

“And if you will let me be a preacher just a little bit,” King importuned as he shifted from organization man to man of the cloth. He then told the story of Nicodemus, the Pharisee who asks Jesus how he could be saved through a dialogue about the meaning of being “born again” or, as the Greek translation would read, “born from above.”

“Jesus didn’t get bogged down on the kind of isolated approach of what you shouldn’t do,” King explained. “Jesus didn’t say, ‘Now Nicodemus, you must stop lying.’ He didn’t say, ‘Nicodemus, you must stop drinking liquor if you are doing that excessively.’

by · 01/17/2021 · Comments are Disabled · Focus, Good news
BRACK: If you want prosperity, you’ve got to invest to build talent

BRACK: If you want prosperity, you’ve got to invest to build talent

By Andy Brack, editor and publisher  |  By Andy Brack, editor and publisher  |  If you’re a little overweight, you know – in your heart of hearts – what you really need to do:  Eat less, get rid of junk food and exercise more.

For states like South Carolina that are underweight in terms of education, economic disparity, health outcomes and poverty, we know – in our heart of hearts – what we really need to do:  Invest more in our future, throw off the shackles that still hold us back and increase opportunities for our people.

by · 04/16/2018 · 3 comments · Andy Brack, Views